FR · 2019 · une_rt_a

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

France, 2019

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
20.7%
France, 2019
▼ 5.9% vs 2018 (22.0%)
Analysis

In 2019, France's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 5.9% compared to 2018, reaching 20.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.7%.

France ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.5% (from 25.7% in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
131.8%
EU-27: 15.7%
France timeline (last 15 years)
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